Category: Sports

The Ottawa Ice Cats are on the prowl again after finishing with the silver medal at last year’s provincial A championships.

Since the 1980s, considerable effort has been put into reaching gender equity in sport and most teenage girls are given ample and equal opportunity to play competitive sports at high schools across the country.

Six years ago, Ray Zahab smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and drank heavily. Now this fall, Zahab, as part of a three-man team, will attempt to cross Africa by running 6,000 km across the Sahara Desert.

The thundering clash of helmets, the screech of whistles, the screams of encouragement and footballs spiralling through the air are common sights and sounds on the worn brownish-green football field of Immaculata High School.